Quedius (Raphirus) simulator Smetana, 1971**

Webster, Reginald P., Smetana, Ales, Sweeney, Jon D. & DeMerchant, Ian, 2012, New Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) records with new collection data from New Brunswick and an addition to the fauna of Quebec: Staphylininae, ZooKeys 186, pp. 293-348 : 312

Quedius (Raphirus) simulator Smetana, 1971** Map 26

Material examined.

New Brunswick, Restigouche Co., Mount Atkinson, 447 m elev., 47.8192°N, 68.2618°W, 21.VII.2010, R. P. Webster, spruce and balsam fir forest (boreal forest), small, shaded, spring-fed brook with mossy margin, in wet moss (1 ♂, RWC); Jacquet River Gorge P.N.A., 47.8109°N, 66.0905°W, 13.VIII.2010, R. P. Webster, old mixed forest, small shaded spring-fed brook with mossy margin, in wet moss (1 ♂, 2 ♀, RWC).

Collection and habitat data.

This species was reported from very wet debris and moss in small gullies and depressions on the forest floor and edges of oligotrophic ponds in mixed forests, and from Carex hummocks and wet debris from various wet habitats such as lake margins, swamps, and marshes ( Smetana 1971, 1973). Specimens from Moosonee, Ontario were collected by sifting leaf litter under willow ( Salix sp.) and alder bushes near the Moose River ( Smetana 1976). In New Brunswick, adults were found in wet moss along shaded, cold, spring-fed brooks. Adults were collected during July and August.

Distribution in Canada and Alaska.

AK, NT, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, LB ( Smetana 1971a, 1973, 1976, 1981, 1990). This is a northern transcontinental species, with most records from the boreal forest of northern Canada ( Smetana 1971a, 1973, 1976, 1981).

Figures

Map 25. Collection localities in New Brunswick, Canada of Quedius fulvicollis.